Hashim Amla Named New South African Test Captain

For my vote it would've been AB for Cappo and Hashim as VC ... but it's all done now ... Good luck to the new SA Captain !!!

Quote:The surprise was that someone who has always proved to be reluctant to lead should suddenly decide that he wanted to be captain in the first place.

while there is no proof that the fix was in from the start..that Lorgat and Amla discussed the captaincy and Amla agreed to take the job seems clear.  where-upon Lorgat proceeded to secure the job for him.

if AB was the logical and natural choice that everyone agreed on, the delay in his appointment established for me the clear intent of others to make sure that that did not happen.  and if that was indeed the case it had to be the presence of Lorgat and Amla in the same location with power and a viable profile on which an Amla captaincy could be established.

once I saw that, the case was closed for me.  AB would sleep out, given some lesser job as palliative and public relations for whatever that is worth. but there is no real public to pacify if AB get shafted.  who cares... black south africans ::confused::  hardly. 

the whites did not involve them in the cricket, shut them out... so AB has no constituents of great number he could have draw on to ensure the job for himself.  an Amla/Lorgat challenge would have been an upstart and would have got nowhere had AB been a candidate in a proper cricket situation, about which all were confident that non racialism was the base, and the white man up for the job was indeed the best man

so Ab deVilliers got shafted by the same game the whites play in RSA cricket.

I don't care.  let them cut each other up.  I will get them napkins, tissues,  to sop up the blood.  the african..the real one, is still locked out.  that could not happen in my south africa..but south africa is not mine ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL::

Quote:it was important that south africa break the barrier and amla was the man to do it

I am absolutely confident that that had nutten to do with it.

the least on the mind of Haroon Lorgat must have been changing the system...more like making the established way work for he and his own!
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[quote author=The Chairman link=topic=90202.msg567103#msg567103 date=1401887653]
it was important that south africa break the barrier and amla was the man to do it
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whappen to Nelson Mandela ? 

[quote author=ali link=topic=90202.msg567052#msg567052 date=1401841634]
i am glad for my muslim brother
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As Mapoui point out , so is Haroon  ::LOL::

(REUTERS) – South African cricket broke new ground yesterday with the appointment of

Hashim Amla as Test captain : the first black cricketer 

to hold the post permanently in a sport long seen to be dominated by whites.

Quote from Gina inter alia


One of the most disturbing things I've read was the following statement from this article : "sources close to CSA have indicated Amla was persuaded to put his name in the hat, particularly as pressure mounts to pick a captain of colour." I really hope that isn't true.

Quote:Gina,

There are man unconventional steps South Africa his to take to redress the balanced of a ghastly unjust system and you have to accept that.

However in Amla you are selecting a proven man and if his selection is in part to set the precedent and select a man of colour so be it as it aims to inspire a generation.

In the UK I felt peeved at 'positive discrimination' for women into management positions but looking back it was quite necessary.

I just hope Hash focuses on his team and his batting.

amla is black?

according to Reuters  : from Guyana Chronicle 

http://guyanachronicle.com/amla-becomes-...t-captain/

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amla is black?
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Not really, but he's not white either.

[quote author=Mail link=topic=90202.msg567188#msg567188 date=1401899898]
Gina,

There are man unconventional steps South Africa his to take to redress the balanced of a ghastly unjust system and you have to accept that.

However in Amla you are selecting a proven man and if his selection is in part to set the precedent and select a man of colour so be it as it aims to inspire a generation.

In the UK I felt peeved at 'positive discrimination' for women into management positions but looking back it was quite necessary.

I just hope Hash focuses on his team and his batting.
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I can understand that steps of this kind need to be taken, and if the circumstances were different I wouldn't have a problem with a man of colour leading the team. But if he really had to be persuaded to put his name forward for a job that he didn't want, then who stands to gain? If Amla doesn't really want to be captain, it could have a negative effect on both the performance of the team and Amla's personal performance.

I sincerely hope that this does not prove to be the case. Hashim Amla deserves better than that.